Bazball technique under fire as England loses the series to India
It's true, as this series has shown, that England has lost, but rather that a "Baz Ball Era" has been lost.
It's true, as this series has shown, that England has lost, but rather that a "Baz Ball Era" has been lost.
While Bairstow has managed only 102 runs in six innings, Root’s bat has produced a mere 77 runs from the three Tests so far, begging questions on the duo’s place in the side for the fourth Test.
We'll move on to the next test match, and go out there and try to win," the all-rounder added.
England were in dire straits at 93/4 in the second innings against New Zealand chasing 299 in the second Test at Trent Bridge. But England still went about their task of overhauling the target, with Jonny Bairstow playing a cracker of an innings to guide the team to victory and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
Giving an insight into his new coach's coaching style and philosophy ahead of the first Test against New Zealand at the Lord's later on Thursday, said McCullum has explained to them the way he coaches.
McCullum would have been in India as the head coach of the Indian Premier League (IPL) side Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), had the pandemic not spoiled the plans.
Sachin Tendulkar had earlier asked his fans to draw inspiration from Test cricket on how to fight against the novel coronavirus.
The former wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum hoped for the death race caused by the deadly virus to stop and wished to be back on the cricket field soon.
The swashbuckling opener said that usually he does not feel nervous before a match but that day was an exception.
His innings set the record for the fastest Test century which stayed unbeaten for the next 31 years.